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There is a general request thread that you can use for now.  We're actually working on a book request form that will streamline things quite a bit.  Last year I got requests in multiple threads and via email etc. and it was a lot of work to organize etc.  The new form will create a first-come first-served list that will be easier to track.  There will be a flag so you can let us know if it's a challenge request versus a general request and we'll weight the challenge books more so we can try to be timely with delivery on those.

Now here's the best part.  We're getting closer to opening up the site for user submission of books so there will be a handful of select Uber User volunteers with access to help us keep up with the requests.  Should make things go much faster so keep an eye out for those new developments in the next few weeks.  Fingers crossed!

There is a general request thread for now but we'll have a request form to make things easier shortly. 

The challenges can be addictive!  I've signed up for 3 already too.  I'm a little afraid of what new challenges will come along that I'll HAVE to join.   I'm glad you're back for more and don't sweat the reviews.  They get easier as you write them... or so I've heard.  Thanks for the kind words about the site.  Our members make it fun to work on.

That is indeed a glitch!  In our database we tag every book as SF, Fantasy or Horror as a basic category for sorting and tracking etc.  Turns out that we did not mark Who Fears Death as any of those so it was being filtered out for all the challenges.  It's fixed now.  Thanks for letting us know and my apologies for the inconvenience.

A belated congratulations for coming up with this year's challenge format - it's addictive!

I'm considering making a "There's Genre in My Literature!"  challenge, but I might already be overextended with the challenges I've signed up for.  Perhaps if there's interest...

That is a glitch.  Or we've got pixlexia.  I'll have whargoul look at the code.

Thanks very much!  It really is addictive, isn't it?

There's Genre in My Literature! sounds like a cool idea.  If you're worried about taking on too much you can always make it a short challenge.  Most of the challenges seem to be sticking with the default 12 books.  Why not just 6 or even 3?

Well, that's an unexpected occurance.  I've gone into the DB and set the start date to 1/1/2014 so you can at least see it again while whargoul looks into the issue today.  The list option will show on the novel page now so you can load it up.

Yeah, the private challenges can't be seen by others and they don't count in the stats.  There are only 3 right now which is a bit surprising to me.  I thought there would be more but I guess with 20+ public challenges going there's lots to choose from already.

 Thanks for addressing this issue! Appreciate it muchly!

Yeah, the form is not complete and shouldn't be out on the live site.  We made some updates to the page and forgot to remove the form link before we deployed.  I'll take it down shortly.  Sorry to get your hopes up.